Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• Amanda’s The Queen’s Christmas Summons
  Diane here, posting for Amanda whose WordPress is doing wonky things. Here’s Amanda! I’m so happy to be back at the Riskies today! I hope I can still be considered a part-time (or honorary) Risky). I’m also so excited to … Continue reading →
• Farewell post: Romantic Halloween
  Hello Riskies! It is with great sorrow that I announce that today marks my last Risky post. It’s been wonderful being part of your community for the last two years. Stay in touch! (The best ways to do that are … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2016-11-03 06:22:24.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• Colonial Spirits & a Bit of News
  I’m super excited to share the news that I’ll be giving THREE workshops at next year’s Historical Novel Society conference in Portland. I’m giving my popular History of Underthings workshop, co-presenting my Georgian and Victorian “kickshaws” workshop with Delilah Marvelle, … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2016-10-27 06:20:33.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• Blogs: Past Present and Future
  Blogs are one of the best developments of the Internet. They have given inividuals a chance to share their interests in everything from Period fashion to Type II Diabetes. But I think that blogs are fading in popularity. Be warned … Continue reading →
• Regency Treasures in Worcester, MA
  Last weekend, I enjoyed a visit to the Worcester Museum of Art. It’s not a huge museum like another favorite, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, but it has interesting collections, laid out and presented in a way that … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2016-10-20 06:20:21.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• The Nottingham Goose Fair
  The first Wednesday of October is the traditional date for the Nottingham Goose Fair, which today is a huge pleasure fair. But as its name suggests, in former times, one of the main goods being sold at that fair were … Continue reading →
• Announcing Sanditon: 200 years
  “Sanditon: 200 Years” is a conference that will take place at Trinity College, Cambridge from March 29-31, 2017.
  The conference will mark the bicentenary of the composition of Jane Austen’s unfinished novel, Sanditon, in a year that also
  marks the bicentenary of Austen’s death.

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Originally posted 2016-10-13 06:21:02.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• Special Guest on Friday!
  On Friday (Sept 30) at Risky Regencies, we’ll have Caroline Warfield as our guest! Caroline has a book giveaway for you and a fascinating glimpse of a Canadian setting used in her new release, The Renegade Wife. Her new “post-Regency” … Continue reading →
• A little poor looking insignificant old woman
  As part of my recent research dive into All Things Hamilton, I read a book that had been sitting on my shelf for years, that I originally intended to read as research for my Regency spy story A Lily Among … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2016-10-06 06:21:09.

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• What a Beautiful Smile
  When you write historicals, you often run up against a lot of misconceptions (both readers’ and your own). I’ve had the rant about “no, our characters weren’t shorter” fight more than once. So often in fact that I did a … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2016-09-29 06:20:26.

Looks What’s Brewing in the Regency

• Bread Pudding: Regency Style
  I came across this recipe for bread pudding  from 1815 and since I love bread pudding I decided to make it. Image of the recipe below. When I was in the kitchen about to make it I took a screen … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2016-09-22 06:21:07.

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• New Research Books, or, Dicky Doyle Forever!
  As you know, one of my favorite 19-th century illustrators & PUNCH-men is Richard Doyle, who joined the staff of the magazine when he was just 19 years old, and who designed the iconic cover of PUNCH just a few … Continue reading →
• Georgiana at Chatsworth
  Perhaps one of the most famous Duchesses of Devonshire is Georgiana Cavendish nee Spencer, wife of the 5th Duke. Georgiana was eclipsed, perhaps, only by Deborah Cavendish, the youngest of the famous Mitford sisters and whom I consider the savior … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2016-09-15 06:20:03.

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• Wilt thou yet confess?
  Hi everyone! I’m reposting an old History Hoydens post today, about Regency ghosts. When I wrote it, I was working on a book with a ghost character. The book is now under my bed, but who knows what the future … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2016-09-01 06:25:27.

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• Research as Routine
  I  say all the time that I’m a pantser, not a plotter, but I’ve come to realize that’s only partially true. I do plot, or at least I research towards plot. When I’m in the “thinking” phase of starting a … Continue reading →
• Read-A-Romance-Month
  Did you know that August is Read A Romance month? it’s a growing movement started by romance advocate Bobbi Dumas who reviews for NPR, the New York Times and Kirkus.  Click on this link for details on RARM:  http://www.readaromancemonth.com/about-read-a-romance-month-2/ This year I … Continue reading →

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Originally posted 2016-08-25 06:23:13.